Comments on: Fatherhood III: Learning to Deal with the Little Monsters http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:55:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Anonymous http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters/comment-page-1#comment-56629 Anonymous Sat, 24 Jul 2010 02:14:59 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=14045#comment-56629 My alcohol drinking rate spiked way up when my ONE, non-colicky boy was under a year. And my style of drinking changed. I went from slowly nursing a dark beer or IPA to taking full advantage of my cheap drunkenness to get drunk fast on a few fast gulps of scotch or rum. Now that he's three, I'm finally getting back to my old drinking habits. Killing^h^h^h^hCivilizing lots of virtual things also, I find, helps me be alot less violent in life. In my 'hood in Austin, I don't feel people are deferring to ME so much as the boy - some days, I feel like he owns a quarter of the city. My alcohol drinking rate spiked way up when my ONE, non-colicky boy was under a year. And my style of drinking changed. I went from slowly nursing a dark beer or IPA to taking full advantage of my cheap drunkenness to get drunk fast on a few fast gulps of scotch or rum. Now that he’s three, I’m finally getting back to my old drinking habits.

Killing^h^h^h^hCivilizing lots of virtual things also, I find, helps me be alot less violent in life.

In my ‘hood in Austin, I don’t feel people are deferring to ME so much as the boy – some days, I feel like he owns a quarter of the city.

]]> By: howard http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters/comment-page-1#comment-56559 howard Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:44:41 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=14045#comment-56559 the child just turned 6 a week ago, and believe me, i have no memory at all of the first month (other, of course, than total anxiety that we were doing everything wrong: that i remember!). the child just turned 6 a week ago, and believe me, i have no memory at all of the first month (other, of course, than total anxiety that we were doing everything wrong: that i remember!).

]]> By: Ed http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters/comment-page-1#comment-56468 Ed Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:40:44 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=14045#comment-56468 It's true, men with babies and young children are treated differently and better, not least by women (although a few, often but not always mothers, are standing by thinking "Humph"). A woman taking care of a child is doing what's expected of her, no more and no less. A man is either carrying on gallantly alone without his wife's aid or being a swell guy by "helping out." It’s true, men with babies and young children are treated differently and better, not least by women (although a few, often but not always mothers, are standing by thinking “Humph”). A woman taking care of a child is doing what’s expected of her, no more and no less. A man is either carrying on gallantly alone without his wife’s aid or being a swell guy by “helping out.”

]]> By: DrDick http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters/comment-page-1#comment-56345 DrDick Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:52:10 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=14045#comment-56345 My proudest accomplishment is that my son and I both survived until his 18th birthday. He is now 37 with teenagers of his own. My proudest accomplishment is that my son and I both survived until his 18th birthday. He is now 37 with teenagers of his own.

]]> By: Rob's wife http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters/comment-page-1#comment-56321 Rob's wife Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:55:31 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=14045#comment-56321 The stroller is a Kolcraft Contours. For the price, it is a great stroller. (Other friends with twin have it, and agree.) The seats easily detach, so that you can have them front-facing, rear-facing, or (my favorite) facing each other. The only disadvantage is that it's not particularly easy to put in the car. You have to take the seats off, and put them in separately, and then fold the frame. Honestly, we use this one for walking around the neighborhood (which we do a lot), and have a passed-down Peg Perego to leave in the car. The Peg Perego doesn't hold nearly as much, or move as comfortably, but it's very easy to fold. The stroller is a Kolcraft Contours. For the price, it is a great stroller. (Other friends with twin have it, and agree.) The seats easily detach, so that you can have them front-facing, rear-facing, or (my favorite) facing each other. The only disadvantage is that it’s not particularly easy to put in the car. You have to take the seats off, and put them in separately, and then fold the frame. Honestly, we use this one for walking around the neighborhood (which we do a lot), and have a passed-down Peg Perego to leave in the car. The Peg Perego doesn’t hold nearly as much, or move as comfortably, but it’s very easy to fold.

]]> By: Rob's wife http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters/comment-page-1#comment-56314 Rob's wife Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:40:04 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=14045#comment-56314 Kelley, We -- I mean, the girls -- do have an Amazon wish list: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/3GTFGFM1A2ANB The list has They Might Be Giants' children's CDs, and fire-women puppets! Kelley,

We — I mean, the girls — do have an Amazon wish list: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/3GTFGFM1A2ANB

The list has They Might Be Giants’ children’s CDs, and fire-women puppets!

]]> By: dave http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters/comment-page-1#comment-56310 dave Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:23:44 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=14045#comment-56310 Hell, yes. Nothing teaches you self-control like parenthood. Or it doesn't. But many children will never know what it took for them NOT to become a statistic... Hell, yes. Nothing teaches you self-control like parenthood. Or it doesn’t. But many children will never know what it took for them NOT to become a statistic…

]]> By: Hogan http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters/comment-page-1#comment-56286 Hogan Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:09:43 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=14045#comment-56286 Seriously. This is why I have cats. It doesn't take nearly as long to get to the point where, if they don't let you sleep, you can shut them in the basement. Seriously. This is why I have cats. It doesn’t take nearly as long to get to the point where, if they don’t let you sleep, you can shut them in the basement.

]]> By: Mike Timonin http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2010/07/fatherhood-iii-learning-to-deal-with-the-little-monsters/comment-page-1#comment-56282 Mike Timonin Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:45:44 +0000 http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/?p=14045#comment-56282 My dad reported essentially the same story re: child abuse - that he didn't understand how anyone could shake a child to death until I had colic for several months straight. I don't recall hitting that point with my daughter - she didn't sleep and she had trouble nursing, but she tended to calm down if I rocked her and watched TV. (MST3K) Maybe the whole experience is clouded in a haze of sleep-dep. My dad reported essentially the same story re: child abuse – that he didn’t understand how anyone could shake a child to death until I had colic for several months straight. I don’t recall hitting that point with my daughter – she didn’t sleep and she had trouble nursing, but she tended to calm down if I rocked her and watched TV. (MST3K) Maybe the whole experience is clouded in a haze of sleep-dep.

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